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The Public House
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The Public House

Jul 10, 1989
1h 33m
★ 7.5

Overview

"Horror" film about the harsh lives of the children living in an outwardly prosperous orphanage. When a young boy dies during a clandestine mutual drug-taking session, his accomplices unsuccessfully try to hide his corpse to evade punishment, and then the orphanage management tries to hush up the whole affair to keep up appearances.

Genres

Drama
TV Movie

Production Companies

Tsentr MK VLKSM
Goskino USSR

Cast

Galina Polskikh

Galina Polskikh

Nina Ruslanova

Nina Ruslanova

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Yuliya Zhukova

Pavel Gayduchenko

Pavel Gayduchenko

Tamara Syomina

Tamara Syomina

Vladimir Treshchalov

Vladimir Treshchalov

Yuri Katin-Yartsev

Yuri Katin-Yartsev

German Kachin

German Kachin

Tatyana Krechetova

Tatyana Krechetova

Yelena Korolyova

Yelena Korolyova

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Yelizaveta Sergeyeva

Vadim Vilskiy

Vadim Vilskiy

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